GDP

Which way will the economy go?

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has confirmed GDP in the UK expanded by 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Japan came out of a recession last year after two consecutive quarters of negative growth.

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has upgraded its UK growth forecast in the face of low inflation and falling unemployment figures.

The eurozone economy beat growth expectations in the last quarter of 2014, buoyed by a resurgent Germany.

Quarterly and annualised UK growth figures for Q4 2014 have narrowly missed expectations after the construction sector underwhelmed at the end of the year.

Dale Nicholls, portfolio manager of the Fidelity China Special Situations fund, explains why the fixation on China's headline growth figures needs to stop in order to focus on the country's reform agenda and e-commerce opportunities like Alibaba

UK GDP is confirmed to have risen 0.7% in Q3 - but the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revised down a string of recent annualised growth figures.

With developed economies flirting with deflation, central banks will likely regard the oil price slump as troublesome. M&G's Jim Leaviss explains how short-term deflation could turn to long-term growth boost.

Andrew Lebus, Pantheon International Participations investment trust manager, explains how recent changes in China have helped create a tailwind for opportunities in the US manufacturing sector.